Whereas Anne Sophia lived in a house, which, pretty as it was, belonged to other people.
All these things, it must be remembered, took place eight or ten years before the time when Malleville and Phonny went to visit Mary Erskine, and when Mary Bell was only four or five years old.

Phonny and Malleville, as well as a great many other children, had grown up from infancy since that time.

In fact, the Jemmy who fell from his horse and sprained his ankle the day they came, was Jemmy Gordon, Anne Sophia's oldest son..